Geography MCQs
Geography MCQs
These Geography multiple-choice questions and their answers will help you strengthen your grip on the subject of Geography. You can prepare for an upcoming exam or job interview with these Geography MCQs.
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1: The Bay of Bengal is located to the of _____ India?
A. West
B. South
C. South-East
D. South-West
2: The source of River Ganga
A. Siachen
B. Yamunotri
C. Karakoram
D. Gangotri
3: The Himalayas are known as_____.
A. Abode of snow
B. Volcano
C. Himadri
D. Sahyadri
4: India is connected to European countries through the _______ canal
A. Suez
B. Grand
C. Panama
D. Buckingham
5: India is the _______ largest country in Asia?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
6: India is politically divided into ________.
A. 30 states 2 union territories
B. 29 states 3 union territories
C. 28 states 7 union territories
D. 27 states 6 union territories
7: _______ receives the highest rainfall in India
A. Cherrapunji
B. Shillong
C. Assam
D. Darjeeling
E. Test
8: Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of ______ resources
A. Renewable
B. Non-Metallic
C. Usable
D. Non-Renewable
9: The capital of Uttar Pradesh is
A. Meerut
B. Lucknow
C. Kanpur
D. Allahabad
10: Gol Gumbaz is
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
11: The farthest planet from the Sun is
A. Venus
B. Neptune
C. Mars
D. Pluto
12: Which is the Land of the Rising Sun?
A. Japan
B. China
C. Taiwan
D. Australia
13: The most populous city in the world is
A. London
B. Paris
C. Tokyo
D. Peking
14: Indian standard time is the local time of
A. Allahabad
B. Chennai
C. Calcutta
D. None Of These
15: Rice is produced more in
A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. West Bengal
D. Maharashtra
16: The largest mountain range in the world is
A. The Alps
B. The Himalayas
C. The Rockies
D. The Andes
17: The Newzealanders are known as
A. Ashes
B. Kangaroos
C. Kiwis
D. Sams
18: Earth revolves around the sun in every
A. 365 1/4 days
B. 362 days
C. 364 days
D. 365 1/2 days
19: The state which has the largest forest area is
A. Assam
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Karnataka
D. Kerala
20: The longest river in the world is
A. Nile
B. Thames
C. Missisipi
D. Ganges
21: Calcutta is situated on the banks of the river
A. Hoogly
B. Krishna
C. Ganges
D. Brahmaputra
22: Which one of the following states is landlocked
A. Orissa
B. Assam
C. Andhra
D. Kerala
23: The country with the largest population of Muslims is
A. Indonesia
B. Pakistan
C. India
D. Bangladesh
24: Silver is found in
A. Bihar
B. Rajasthan
C. Karnataka
D. Madhya Pradesh
25: Security Printing Press is at
A. Mumbai
B. Varanasi
C. Delhi
D. Nasik
26: Corbett National Park is in
A. Uttarakhand
B. Assam
C. Bihar
D. Madhya Pradesh
27: Diamond mines in India are found in
A. Bihar
B. Rajasthan
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
28: The tiger sanctuary in Tamil Nadu is located at
A. Guindy
B. Kalakad(Tirunelveli)
C. Mudumalai
D. Vedanthangal
29: Yellow river is
A. Amazon
B. Cauvery
C. HwangHo
D. Damodar
30: In which part of India is known as the Land of Sunrise?
A. Kanchenjunga
B. Meghalaya
C. Nandhadevi
D. Arunachal Pradesh
31: As the speed and length of a wave decrease, the wave _____.
A. Grows shorter
B. Grows higher
C. Moves backwards
D. Moved in a circle
32: Biomagnification is most closely associated with ________.
A. DDT
B. Water
C. Desert
D. Nitrogen
33: ________ is famous for diamonds in sub-saharan africa.
A. Nigeria
B. South Africa
C. Zimbabwe
D. Kenya
34: __________ is the study of fauna in spatial perspective.
A. Ecology
B. Zoogeography
C. Phytogeography
D. Botanical geography
E. Plant geography
35: Both steppe and tundra vegetation zones have ________ in common.
A. Temperate regimes
B. Coastal location
C. Enormous average annual temperature range
D. Absence of trees
E. Prevalence of tornadoes
36: In the northern hemisphere gyres _____
A. Spin clockwise
B. Spin counterclockwise
C. Move in straight lines
D. Move diagonally
37: A mt air mass ________ than a ct air mass.
A. Pollution abatement
B. Aeration
C. Saturation
D. Wetter
38: A mt air mass is likely to be ________ than a ct air mass because the mt air mass ________.
A. Cp- continental polar
B. True
C. Hurricanes; typhoons; cyclones
D. Wetter;forms over the ocean
39: Kashmir has a predominately ________ population.
A. Muslim
B. Hindu
C. Buddhist
D. Christian
40: Most grasses of the prairies _____.
A. Are bunchgrasses
B. Grow in tufts
C. Grow in clumps
D. Are sod-forming grasses
41: The moon's average density is about the same as the density of earth's ____________________ layers.
A. Outer
B. Inner
C. Middle
D. None of the above
42: A hot spring which lacks water is known as a ________.
A. Hot spring.
B. Sinter
C. Fumarole.
D. Travertine
43: An alternate term for tropical rainforest biomes is ________.
A. Chaparral
B. Savanna
C. Selva
D. Jungle
E. Prairie
44: ________ is not one of the world's biomes.
A. Reptiles
B. Ice field
C. Woodlands
D. Desert
45: Mexico city is an example of how humans alter their environment because it was __________.
A. A lack of valuable natural resources
B. Built on drained and filled lake beds
C. To increase seasonal river flooding
D. It suffers from slow economic growth and low GDP
46: Oftentimes, our physical environment is _______________.
A. An extension of our personality
B. Unrelated to what and how we communicate
C. Determined by factors outside our control
D. Difficult to describe
47: An unusually high tide is called a _______ tide.
A. Major
B. Tall
C. Neap
D. Spring
48: Elastic rebound is similar to what happens when you release _____.
A. The San Andreas fault
B. P waves, S waves, and surface waves
C. A stretched rubber band
D. Days or years before the major earthquake
49: Out of all the water present in the earth systems, ________ is stored in the atmosphere.
A. Less than 0.03%
B. Approximately 2%
C. 15
50: In the atmosphere, liquid water collects around minute particles called ________.
A. Raindrops
B. Condensation nuclei
C. Fog
D. Ice crystals
E. Cloud droplets
51: Our sun is not ____.
A. Part of a binary system
B. A main sequence star
C. In a galaxy
D. A medium hot star
52: Sublimation can occur because solids, like liquids, have a _____.
A. A melting point.
B. A vapor pressure.
C. A boiling point.
D. A triple point
53: The following picture shows the cycle for the production of _______.
A. Soil
B. Igneous rocks (extrusive)
C. Volcanoes
D. Oceans
54: The total amount of water vapor leaving the earth's surface is called ________.
A. Evapotranspiration
B. Runoff
C. Latent heat
D. Evaporation
E. Transpiration
55: The benguela current, the peru current, and the california current _____.
A. Cold.
B. Hot.
C. Warn.
D. None
56: _____ are geological features created by rhyolitic magma. rhyolitic magma promotes _____ eruptions.
A. A landslide or mudslide
B. Andesitic, strombolian
C. Lava domes, plinian
D. A correlation spectrometer
57: The sun has _____ times more mass than the earth.
A. 3,330
B. 33,300
C. 333,000
D. 3,330,000
58: One reason that life as we know it is unlikely to exist on venus is because _____.
A. The surface temperature is too high.
B. The surface temperature is too low.
C. The surface has too much ice covering it.
D. There is no atmosphere
59: The greatest level of biodiversity in the tropical rainforest is found in the _______.
A. Top canopy
B. Second layer of the canopy
C. Third layer of the canopy
D. The ground
60: Cerro tololo is home to ___
A. World's highest navigable lake.
B. One of the world's largest observatories.
C. Highest waterfall in the world.
D. Largest rain forest in the world
61: Cotopaxi is the ___
A. Smallest city in South America.
B. Volcano located on "volcano boulevard."
C. Highest waterfall in the world.
D. Southernmost city of South America
62: A fault is a _____ in the earth's crust, and a fold is a _____ of the earth's crust.
A. Topographic, elevation and steepness
B. The strength of, damage produced
C. Crack, bending
D. Shield, a lava flow with no explosion
63: A foliated metamorphic rock forms when crystals _____.
A. Combine but do not form bands
B. Combine and form visible bands
C. Become less compact
D. Align themselves parallel to the direction of the forces acting on them
64: A volcanic island arc forms when ________.
A. Two oceanic plates converge and form an subduction zone
B. Volcanic activity occurs within the plate
C. Three convergent plates form an intraplate gap
D. A continental plate meets a oceanic plate and form an subduction zone
65: As a market moves from a single seller to a competitive one, a product's price _____.
A. Stays the same
B. Decreases
C. Increases
66: Clouds release moisture on the ____ of mountains
A. Low latitudes
B. Temperatures
C. Freezing temperatures
D. Windward side
67: A population that has stopped increasing in size because of limited resources has __________.
A. If there were no limiting factors
B. Reached its carrying capacity
C. Birth rate and immigration rate
D. The letter J
68: Deforestation in the amazon peaked in _____. since then, deforestation has been __________.
A. 1975 . . . decreasing
B. 1984 . . . increasing
C. 2004 . . . decreasing
D. 2010 . . . increasing
69: Demonstrations quickly picked up momentum during the ""arab spring"" due to the use of _____.
A. Televised reporting
B. On-site journalism
C. Camera surveillance
D. Social media
70: In a destructive wave ___
A. Backwash is stronger than swash
B. Swash is stronger than backwash
C. Water hits the beach in a straight line
D. Sand and small rocks are deposited by water
71: Melinda lives in a larger, u-shaped valley. it was most likely formed by _____.
A. Glacier
B. A river
C. A lake
D. An aquifer
72: The height, length, and period of a wave comprise the _____.
A. Tidal Range
B. The Length of time the wind has blown
C. Fetch Length
D. Wind speed during a specific time period
73: Because desert soils contain little organic material, their soil profiles have ____ horizons
A. .thick
B. Thin
C. No
D. B or c
74: _______ refers to a series of vertical zones with distinctive climate and vegetation regimes
A. Altitudinal zonation
B. Sedimentation
C. Temperature inversions
D. Urban expanses
75: Granitic igneous rocks are all of the following except ____.
A. Light-colored
B. High in silica content
C. Lower in density than
D. Basaltic rocks
E. High in iron content
76: Soils in ____ contain little organic material and are thin.
A. Tropical areas
B. Prairies
C. Deserts
D. Temperate forests
77: In central america, the richest people are _____.
A. African
B. European
C. Mestizo
D. Native American
78: Guangdong province faces the _________________.
A. Indian Ocean
B. Bohai Gulf
C. East Sea (Sea of Japan)
D. South China sea
79: About 80% of the ocean's water exists in the ________.
A. Surface zone
B. Thermocline
C. Euphotic zone
D. Pycnocline
E. Deep zone.
80: An important tool in understanding the actual numerical dates of past geologic events is ________.
A. Radioactivity
B. Fossils
C. Unconformities
D. None of these
81: Europeans took bananas from their point of origin in ________ and replanted them in south america.
A. Africa
B. South Asia
C. Hawaii
D. Europe
82: Europe?s relative location is ____:
A. Inefficient for international trade
B. One of inferior global accessibility
C. Disadvantaged by its proximity to the sea
D. One of centrality within the land hemisphere
83: ________ is the type of remote sensing imagery best suited to use at night.
A. An orthophoto map
B. Color infrared
C. Visible
D. Polaroid
E. Thermal infrared
84: An example of a geostrophic wind is ________.
A. Chinook
B. Hadley cell
C. Monsoon
D. Jet stream
E. One caused by gravity
85: Most of the earth's cloudiness results directly from ________.
A. Adiabatic cooling
B. Vertical temp gradient
C. Evaporation
D. Sublimation
86: Near the north pole, one degree of latitude extends ________ kilometer(s) on the ground.
A. 10,000
B. 0
C. 1,000
87: The ________ is a prominent location of sinking water in earth's thermohaline circulation.
A. Central Pacific
B. Arctic
C. Equator
D. North Atlantic
88: An individual raindrop consists of approximately ________ moisture droplets.
A. 1 million
B. 2 million
C. 3 million
D. 4 million
89: In contact metamorphism, ________ is the dominant agent of change.
A. Water
B. Acid
C. Limestone
D. None of these
90: A rainshadow desert forms ________.
A. When dry air descends from high in the atmosphere between 20° and 30 latitude
B. In places where mountain ranges act as barriers to the movement of water vapor
C. In cold, polar regions
D. Near the equator, where moist air rises (because it is hot and less dense) up, away from Earth's surface
91: Most dry lands lie between ________ degrees north and south of the equator.
A. 50 and 60
B. 20 and 30
C. 35 and 40
D. 40 and 50
92: A midlatitude anticyclone ________.
A. Is associated with sunny, dry weather
B. The Gulf of Mexico
C. Horizons
D. Mineral
93: Southeast asian physiography is dominated by _____________.
A. Extensive plateaus
B. High relief
C. Extensive flat plains
D. Rolling hills
E. Dry-environment landforms
94: Prevailing surface winds are named for the ________.
A. Latitudinal belt in which they form
B. Direction from which they blow
C. Direction to which they blow
D. Level of the atmosphere in which they form
95: Africas largest lake is lake __________.
A. Chad
B. Malawi
C. Tanganyika
D. Victoria
96: A meteorologist might forecast precipitation if he sees _____.
A. Warm and moist
B. Lots and lots of rain!
C. A cold front coming in
D. Stay in your car
97: About ___ percent of australians live in cities or towns.
A. 17
B. 33
C. 48
D. 72
E. 85
98: Prescribed burns would be used in forests ________.
A. That are subject to severe wildfires to remove fuel load and stimulate new growth
B. Prohibits new road construction in national forests
C. It has allowed too few fires to burn in forests.
D. None of these
99: After the rainforest is cleared for agriculture, the most typical occurrence is that ________.
A. The biotic diversity is increased
B. Fertilization is unnecessary for many years
C. The soils soon lose their fertility
D. The country's standard of living increases
E. High agricultural yields occur for many years
100: Alluvial fans are formed as flowing water ________ as it leaves a constricted channel.
A. Changes direction
B. Down cuts
C. Bed load.
D. Loses velocity
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